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Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally, it referred to a specific location on West 28th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan, as commemorated by a plaque on 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth. Several buildings on Tin Pan Alley are protected as New York City designated landmarks, and the section of 28th Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenue is also officially co-named Tin Pan Alley.
The start of Tin Pan Alley is usually dated to about 1885, when a number of music publishers set up shop in the same district of Manhattan. The end of Tin Pan Alley is less clear cut. Some date it to the start of the Great Depression in the 1930s when the phonograph, radio, and motion pictures supplanted sheet music as the driving force of American popular music, while others consider Tin Pan Alley to have continued into the 1950s when earlier styles of music were upstaged by the rise of rock and roll, which was centered on the Brill Building. Brill Building songwriter Neil Sedaka described his employer as being a natural outgrowth of Tin Pan Alley, in that the older songwriters were still employed in Tin Pan Alley firms while younger songwriters such as Sedaka found work at the Brill Building.
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The building that houses Pete's was built in 1829, and was originally the Portman Hotel; liquor may have been sold there as early as 1851 or 1852 – when it was a "grocery & grog" store – and the first official drinking establishment founded by 1864. It was bought in 1899 by Tom and John Healy, and became Healy's. During prohibition, when selling alcohol was illegal, the bar continued to operate disguised as a flower shop.
The writer O. Henry lived down the street at 55 Irving Place from 1903 to 1907, and Healy's appears in his short story "The Lost Blend" under the name "Kenealy's". Local legend also has it that he wrote his well-known story "The Gift of the Magi" in Healy's second booth from the front, but this appears to be apocryphal.
Although the tavern claims to be "an official historical landmark", it is neither a designated New York City landmark nor is it on the National Register of Historic Places. It does, however, lie within the Gramercy Park Historic District designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966. Gary Egan is proprietor of Pete's Tavern and has been General Manager of the restaurant for over 30 years.
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Manhattan: Gramercy
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Northern Boulevard stretches for approximately 12 to 14 miles from west to east across the borough of Queens. As New York State Route 25A, it officially begins AT Queensboro Plaza Long Island City (aka The Wild West) and runs through neighborhoods like Woodside, Jackson Heights, Flushing, and Bayside before crossing the city line into Nassau County.
Because it stretches continuously from the western edge of Queens to the North Shore of Long Island (where it becomes known as North Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County), its exact Queens length depends on the specific measurement points used by the NYC Department of Transportation.
Within Nassau County, North Hempstead Turnpike is a major local designation for a portion of New York State Route 25A (Northern Boulevard) on the North Shore of Long Island. The name is commonly used for the highway in Nassau County, stretching through areas like Roslyn, Manhasset, and the surrounding hamlets. The highway serves as a vital artery for the region, paralleling the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and Northern State Parkway.
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New York Yimby, March 13, 2026
Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartNew York Yimby, March 13, 2026
Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The 18,000-square-foot property is bounded by 45th Avenue to the north, Jackson Avenue to the southeast, and 23rd Street to the west.
Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens
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Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens
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This one thing, this soon to open new Starbucks location is the catalyst and so significant to this little area of Long Island City, as it's setting the stage for the ongoing building boom that will soon expand into this region. Both exciting and frightening.
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The clock tower building looks great. It's been spruced up
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The Long Island City Clock Tower building had been constructed in 1927 by the Manhattan Company, a holding company that in 1955 merged with the Chase National Bank to create the Chase Manhattan Bank. For more than 60-years, the clock tower building had been the tallest commercial building in Queens at 14-stories. Until it was surpassed in 1990 by other structures, the building with the clock towered over the Queensborough Bridge and the elevated Flushing and Astoria subway lines running next to it.
In 2014, the Long Island City Clock Tower was purchased by developers and using land and air rights from the clock tower, as well as air rights from an adjacent lot owned by and purchased from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a 71-story residential tower, Sven, was constructed by the Durst Organization, and opened in March 2022.
Working with the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the Durst Organization hired a team of architects to restore the neo-Gothic clock tower building and its dilapidated glass and cast-iron clock faces. Those leading the project sought to swap the damaged frosted glass panels with a type of acrylic and replace the cast iron dials with aluminum—durable materials that can endure years in the elements.
The brown-brick landmark, with its castellated clocktower turret, will eventually be repurposed into a commercial and retail space.
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The Sunnyside Train Yard at 180-acres is comprised of more than 6x the land area of Hudson Yards' 28-acres, and the vultures have been circling
Year built: 1959
Purchase date: 07/03/2025
Purchase price: $11,009,125
Here's the design for the upcoming new building. I really like it
www.caliendoarchitects.com/project-gallery/31-05-astoria-...
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After 40 years in business the Neptune Diner located in Astoria, Queens, NYC served its last meal on Sunday, July 29. 2024. The owners claimed they were not given a chance to renew their lease, because the property will soon be turned into a residential building.
Since 1983, The Katsihtis brothers have owned the building on Astoria Boulevard but not the land, which was sold in 2018 for over $10 million.
The brothers also had a 35-year lease which expired in 2019. But since then, they were not able to come to a long-term agreement with the landlord.
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But that's what Long Island City/Astoria needs is another apartment building. It's already so overbuilt, it's ridiculous. Yet they keep tearing them down and building new ones, many of which are luxury rentals. The neighborhood is losing its character to steel and glass.
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Queens: 31-05 Astoria Blvd North - Before & After Construction
This is a comparison of what presently is and what will soon be
ALTA+ LIC
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The green construction wall is going up, which signifies new construction is imminent
Purchase date: 12/31/2025
Purchase price: $9,150,000
Original Year built: 1927
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This was taken along my walk home this afternoon on the Honeywell Street bridge. Ginger ain't that yellow...Honeywell should be renamed as Honey Well, or Urine Well for that matter.
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The flowers of many hydrangea act as natural pH indicators, sporting blue flowers when the soil is acidic and pink ones when the soil is alkaline.
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Hydrangea commonly named the hortensia, is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan.
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Hydrangea is derived from Greek and means ‘water vessel’ (from ὕδωρ húdōr "water" + ἄγγος ángos or ἀγγεῖον angeîon "vessel"),in reference to the shape of its seed capsules.
The earlier name, Hortensia, is a Latinised version of the French given name Hortense, honoring French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Hortense Lepaute. Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower Lepautia or Peautia after Lepaute. However, the flower's accepted name later became Hortensia. This led to people believing Lepaute's name was Hortense, but the Larousse remarks that this is erroneous, and that the name probably came from hortus, garden.
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Those sneaky construction workers
Free NYC Parking
Where do the people living in this neighborhood find parking what with this silliness?
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Two floors, one unit, built 1915. As of late, developers have been snatching up many of these older buildings.
I don't know, though the second one notices "no smoking" signs posted on the exterior walls of a dwelling, it's mostly a telltale sign of upcoming construction.
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These dirty windows on the #7 train are like my own personal filters
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While the name Zabar is synonymous with smoked fish and the quintessential New York brunch, Eli Zabar envisioned a different kind of food store from his family's West Side landmark delicatessen. Inspired by the food halls and markets of London and Paris, Eli's has become an institution on Manhattan's Upper East Side, directly across town from the store and home where he grew up.
In the year 2000, inspired by the flower shops he loves in Paris, a flower shop was added to Eli's Manhattan
Read the fascinating life of the fascinating Eli Zabar
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My neighborhood desperately needs additional supermarkets and for the past several years now there's been a huge influx of Asian citizens moving into the area. Whoever's responsible for constructing this Asian-centric supermarket is going to make a fortune
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Eight Story Complex Including Big Asian Supermarket Proposed for 38th Avenue in Dutch Kills
The development is expected to be eight stories tall and go up on 38th Avenue between 30th Street and Old Ridge Road. The top six floors would be for apartments, while the bottom two floors–totaling 12,000 square feet– to be set aside for an Asian supermarket.
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Architect: ODA (Really cool designs)
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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Just what Long Island City needs, another apartment building
What about some supermarkets!!
newyorkyimby.com/2022/01/new-empire-corporation-reveals-r...
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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes
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23-01-23-07 31st St, Astoria
Purchase date: 02/15/2024
Purchase price: $4,250,000
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This photo was taken just last Monday morning, August 4th, and what I took notice of is how the morning light has already begun to change, which is odd, as it typically wouldn't look like this until at least mid-late September. So, this tells me how we may have an early winter. I'm all for that. This NYC Summer heat has just been too much this year.